Colorado man arrested in Kelseyville

KELSEYVILLE &GT;&GT; A Colorado man who reportedly had four out-of-state arrest warrants was arrested on June 16 in Kelseyville allegedly in possession of stolen property.

The arrest came after a Lake County Sheriff's Office (LCSO) patrol deputy received information that 20-year-old John David Heston, of Longmont, Colo,, was living in Kelseyville, LCSO public information officer, Lt. Steve Brooks stated in a press release. The deputy was made aware that Heston had four arrest warrants out of Colorado and contacted the Boulder County Sheriff's Office in Colorado to confirm the information. They also confirmed that they would extradite Heston if he was found.

The Boulder County Sheriff's Office provided the deputy with its most recent booking photograph of Heston, to assist with identifying him. On June 16, at approximately at almost 8:30 p.m., deputies found Heston riding in a vehicle as a passenger in Kelseyville, Brooks stated. The vehicle pulled up to the fuel pumps at Mount Konocti Gas and, as Heston was exiting the vehicle, he was detained by the deputies.

Heston allegedly attempted to identify himself multiple times as John Mcninch. The deputies reportedly showed him the booking photograph provided by the Boulder County Sheriff's Office, but he continued to identify himself as Mcninch. According to Brooks, the deputies noticed that Heston had a California license plate in his possession. Central dispatch conducted a records check of the license plate and advised it was from a Coleman RV trailer that was reported stolen.

A witness reportedly told the deputies that Heston was currently living in a new trailer that was parked at an address on Clark Drive in Kelseyville, Brooks stated. The witness also reportedly said Heston was looking for someone to help him tow his trailer to another location.

Deputies responded to an address located in the 4000 block of Clark Drive in Kelseyville and found the trailer alleged to be stolen and in which Heston was reportedly living. Heston was arrested on charges of possession of a stolen vehicle, providing false identification to a peace officer and the four out-of-state arrest warrants, Brooks stated.

During the booking process Heston continued to identify himself as Mcninch, Brooks stated. Correctional officers obtained Heston's fingerprints and sent them electronically to a law enforcement data base. A short time later the results came back confirming Heston's identity.

Heston is reportedly facing 15 to 25 years in prison when he is transported back to Colorado.

The CBS News Denver reported in August that Heston, along with as many as seven more people, many of them juveniles, was accused of vandalising more than 150 tombstones.

According to CBS News, granite headstones and statues weighing thousands of pounds were knocked over and destroyed, and a Civil War statue from 1909 was decapitated.

The people believed to be involved with the vandalism reportedly left the cemetery with the statue's head, which was recovered two days after the incident occurred on Aug. 9.

The cost of the damage for the spree was estimated at $40,000.

Heston is currently in custody at the Lake County Hill Road Correctional Facility but may be extradited to Colorado at a later date.